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mandibuzz
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Mandibuzz

Bone Vulture Pokémon

DarkFlying

They fly in circles around the sky. When they spot prey, they attack and carry it back to their nest with ease.

Base Stats

HP 110
Attack 65
Defense 105
Sp. Atk 55
Sp. Def 95
Speed 80
Total 510

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Bone Vulture Pokémon
Height 1.2 m
Weight 39.5 kg
Base Exp 179
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 35
Gender 0% ♂ / 100% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Flying

Sprites

mandibuzz Front Front
mandibuzz Back Back
mandibuzz Front Shiny Front Shiny
mandibuzz Back Shiny Back Shiny
mandibuzz Official Art Official Art
mandibuzz Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

monotype Usage: 3.9%
Physically Defensive (Dark)
Item
Rocky Helmet
Ability
Overcoat
Nature
Impish
EVs
HP 248
Def 244
Spe 16

Strategy Overview

Dark

With its high base Defense and HP combined with its secondary typing in Flying that lets it take neutral damage from Bug- and Fighting-type attacks, Mandibuzz is one of the most important Pokemon on Dark teams. Its ability in Overcoat makes it immune to not only residual damage from weather but also powder moves such as Spore, letting it check Breloom, a significant threat to Dark teams. Mandibuzz has access to great utility moves such as Taunt, Defog, and Foul Play, making it the only viable hazard remover and premium physical wall for Dark teams. However, even though Mandibuzz helps against Bug- and Fighting-types, it still suffers a weakness to Fairy-types, which gives it a hard time when accomplishing its role. Additionally, its secondary typing in Flying gives it a weakness to Ice-, Electric-, and Rock-types, making it unable to keep on switching into Stealth Rock a lot of the time, thus hindering its role.

Most Used Moves

Roost
98.6%
Defog
85.9%
Foul Play
83.2%
Toxic
49.5%
Taunt
13.0%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
25.1%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc